Weather-strip.



Patented UGG. 25, 1900. 0. G. AT-TKISSN.

' WEATHER STRIP.

(Application filed Sept, 9, 1899.) .(Nn Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTIS G. A'ITKISSON, OF OAMPBELLSBRG, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN STRATTON, OFv SAME PLACE.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Lette'S Patent NO. 664,370, dated. December 25, 1900.

i Application iiled September 9, 1899. Serial No. 7 30,011. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTIs G. ATTKIssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Campbellsburg, in the county of Washington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to weather-strips, but more particularly to a threshold-strip de- 1o signed to exclude cold wind, rain, and snow from between the threshold and the lower end of the door and at the same time drain any moisture which may accumulate thereon.

The object of my invention is to improve this class of devices; and with this object in View my invention consists inthe parts and combination of parts; all of. Vwhich will be r specifically described hereinafter, recited in the claim, and illustrated in the drawings zo forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a threshold and a portion of an open door, showing my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse z 5 section through the same. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the door being closed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the door-sill, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the weather-strip.

3o v Referring now to the drawings by referencenumerals, 10 indicates a door-sill or threshold having a longitudinally-arranged groove or gutter 11 in the top thereof and communieating with a countersink l2, extending on either side of said groove and running its entire length.

13 represents outlet-channels encircled and extending from the gutter 11 to the outside air. There are two of theseoutlet-channels, one

4o running from the gutter at each end, whereby any excessive moisture which may accumulate in the countersink and gutter heretofore referred to will be carried off.

At one end of the sill 10 is a plate 14, having a depending flange 15, provided with an opening in which the pivot 16 of the'hinged weather-strip 17is journaled. The other end 18 of the strip is hinged in an adjustable bearing comprising block 19, which is secured in a recess in the threshold and provided with 5o a central longitudinal threaded boreto receive the externally-threaded screw 20, provided with a concave recess 21 to receive the pivotpoint 22. It will be noticed that the leaf 23 of the strip 17 normally lies in the counter- 55 sink 12, so that its side is flush with the top of the sill, and the only portion projecting above the sill is a small lug 24, adapted to be engaged by the right-angular trip 25, secured to the bottom of the door and adapted to lie 6o in the countersink 12 when the door is closed.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device which, While simple in construction, will quickly and effectually accomplish the l desired result.

Having thus fulljT described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination with a sill-board formed with a longitudinally-extending groove and 7o a depression on one side thereof, and drains leading from the bottom thereof, of a plate fitting in said depression and having an enlargement tting in the groove, said enlargement having a pivot projecting from one end thereof, into an opening formed in the sill, and a conical projection at its opposite end, an linteriorly-threaded sleeve at that end of the sill, a threaded plug in said sleeve having a conical depression in its end to receive the 8o conical projection, an upwardly-extending lug carried by said strip, and a right-angled plate secured to the bottom of the door at the edge opposite to its hinged edge adapted to strike said lug and rock the plate or strip, substantially as described.

OTIS G. ATTKISSON.

Witnesses: v

P. B. KIRBY, J. B. MENEAR. 

